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To my Celiac Listmates (and a couple of other people who might be interested), 

Bromocriptine: two brands Parlodel and Cycloset
Both are gluten-free.  I checked with Steven Plogstead of glutenfreedrugs.com.

Reader's Digest isn't the best place to find out about new medications, but in their newest book "Reverse Diabetes, Your Total Guide to Blood Sugar Control" (not the little cookbook booklets at supermarket checkouts), there is an article on Cycloset.

Cycloset has been around for awhile, but was only recently approved for diabetes.  Since I'm on the border of diabetes and osteoporsis, I don't want meds that will make my bones worse, and this leapt off the page as an option.

I took the book to both my family doctor and my endocrinologist, a diabetes specialist, after my A1C rose recently  (a result of having to take prednisone for asthma attacks).  They were quite interested in the drug. In fact, the endo is going to do more research on it.  She's used the drug before for other conditions, but was unaware that it has been approved for diabetes. 

No drug is perfect, and I'm not ready for meds (still using exercise and diet), but this one lowers triglycerides and artery-clogging blood fats, seems to reduce blood pressure, seems to reduce heart attacks, and looks promising for controlling blood sugar.....by controlling the dopamine levels in your brain.

This also jumped off the page for me, because my mom and a cousin have Parkinsons and my son has Tourettes, both dopamine disorders.....so it's possible that i'll be effected.

I have no investment in the drug or Reader's Digest, nor do I claim to know a lot about it, but it's worth asking your doctor about if you are about to be put on oral diabetes meds. Here's a website from NIH on the drug, and you can also check the websites from the drug companies.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0000569

Off to the gym, Lin
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